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Author:  Godzilla1960 [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:06 pm ]
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I just popped into the original Sabres message board and am astounded by how truly dead it is. No one has posted a new thread in the Lounge in a week and even the Sabres Hockey forum has only three threads from the last two days (with a total of four responses between them). The last Game Night thread is from two months ago, and it only had one response.

Has the Sabres board administrator contacted anyone (the Mods) about what has happened to a once thriving community message board? At this point, I don't think I would return even if they did agree to make some changes. Cross has built a nice little site here that has everything that was good about the old boards, without a lot of what was annoying. More freedom, but still civil (plus we just got our 197th member :clap: ).

I'm just curious if the team really doesn't care (or notice) that a once thriving fan site has completely dried up.
Author:  Crosscheck [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:24 pm ]
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Yeah there was 1/2 hearted after the fact contact between the webmaster and the mods.
(shhhh we're all still mods over there)

it happened like this:
1. they changed the boards
2. the boards sucked but we gave them the benefit of the doubt and some time to make improvements
3. When that didn't happen we expressed the issues as we saw them and even spoke to mods for other teams that were on the new format.
4. no action was taken regarding the significant issues the users had with the new system
5. We asked again
6. We said fuck it and I threw this site up
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7. something like 2 month later the webmaster reached out to us and basically asked why the site was so dead and what he could do to make it better.
8. we informed him he had been provided that information months ago
9. the official sabres message boards contain mostly tumbleweeds and passers by looking for the old gang.

The Sabres organization made a decision about how important that part of their online presence was and treated it accordingly.
Author:  Crosscheck [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:28 pm ]
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Oh...I'd like to add, I won't use those boards on general principle...it takes like 5 seconds for a page to load.
It's borderline unusable even when you don't take functionality and layout into account.

A message board is 2000 technology...it's not hard.
Author:  mechaphil [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:31 pm ]
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forums.sabres.com - gone but not forgotten

Alas, poor forums, we knew you well :(
Author:  fly as hale [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:33 pm ]
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It's such a shame, the Sabres forums were probably one of the most active forums in the league. The NHL does a good job with reaching out to its fans through new technology that the internet provides, but they really dropped the ball with trying to integrate all the team's forums into one, big online community.

But at least there was some good that came from the official forum's downgrade, which is this website.
Author:  mechaphil [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:35 pm ]
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What I miss about forums.sabres.com the most were the other team's fans who posted so frequently. Holmer, PruchaNYR (I still talk to Linz on AIM - she's a fuckin hoot!) and the rest were top notch.
Author:  BlueandYellow [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:41 pm ]
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Unfortunately, the new forums make me want to kill myself.
Author:  Squanto [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:04 pm ]
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Yeah, XC recounted it pretty much exactly. It was a joke.

I got the following PM from the old webmaster 3 months ago after I made a comment over there about why everyone left:

Quote:
From: Sabres_kaAdmin
Sent: 3 months ago
Subject: Message Boards

Message: A couple of posts have popped up and as I have read through them, it seems you have problems with the way the boards are running and functioning. If you have a problem with the system, please contact me so we can address issues... not just complain to other people on the forums.What are your complaints with these boards?S.


That set me off. As XC said, we gave the guy lists of things that you guys complained about, and stuff we noticed ourselves. Remember the problems and suggestions threads I started? He told me he never saw em, even after I sent him a PM TELLING him I set them up to make things easier for him.

He made comments later about how he wondered why traffic to the site had dropped off dramatically. I just laughed. I gave up responding to him some time ago. Other teams had to deal with the change too, but they had active webmasters who listened and tried to make changes.

Ours ignored everything that was said.

Fuck him, we're better off here.
Author:  End The Curse [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:23 pm ]
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Sabres.com: Pants on the ground.
Author:  ironyisadeadscene [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:32 pm ]
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dammit!
Author:  SchonyGal [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:35 pm ]
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I was contacted on 10/29 regarding the decrease in traffic. I never replied.
I couldn't find the words to adequately express my opinion since it had already been stated numerous times nearly two months prior.

Even if the majority of our concerns had been addressed, the overall format still sucks. Other NHL forums have made changes so it's my impression that the Webmaster truly is clueless. The old forums were also one of the few that didn't have active Admins because the Mods did all the work.

Those boards make me sad.
Author:  Los9090 [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:41 pm ]
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The Islanders board isn't integrated though...
Author:  Montalo [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:53 pm ]
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enjoy these pictures from home

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Author:  mechaphil [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:54 pm ]
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I just got serious sad :(
Author:  SchonyGal [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:54 pm ]
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Montalo wrote:
enjoy these pictures from home


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Author:  End The Curse [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:08 pm ]
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mechaphil wrote:
I just got serious sad :(

Gary Coleman grinning at a porn star oughta cheer you up...

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Author:  mechaphil [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:09 pm ]
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End The Curse wrote:
mechaphil wrote:
I just got serious sad :(

Gary Coleman grinning at a porn star oughta cheer you up...

Image

Hey, that's former gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey! :lol:
Author:  Howie Hodge [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:16 pm ]
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mechaphil wrote:
End The Curse wrote:
mechaphil wrote:
I just got serious sad :(

Gary Coleman grinning at a porn star oughta cheer you up...

Image

Hey, that's former gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey! :lol:



"Wachou tokkin bout Willis??"

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Author:  End The Curse [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:21 pm ]
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mechaphil wrote:
End The Curse wrote:
mechaphil wrote:
I just got serious sad :(

Gary Coleman grinning at a porn star oughta cheer you up...

Image

Hey, that's former gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey! :lol:

Works ever time. :mrgreen:
Author:  mechaphil [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Any response from the old Sabres board?
End The Curse wrote:
mechaphil wrote:
End The Curse wrote:
mechaphil wrote:
I just got serious sad :(

Gary Coleman grinning at a porn star oughta cheer you up...

Image

Hey, that's former gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey! :lol:

Works ever time. :mrgreen:

:D
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